USD Magazine, Spring 2000

SPRING 2000 vo lum e 15 • no. 3 USD 'MAGAZINE features Driving Them Crazy by Michael R. Haskins 7 A little common sense helped law grad Barron Ramos '95 best the bureaucratic big boys. AMissionary's Life by Susan Herold 8 Sister Anastasia Lott '79 rook a

USD A l umni Magazine http://alumni.acusd.edu/usdmagazine

ED ITOR Susan Herold e-mail: Sherold@acusd.edu CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Michael R. Haskins John Tirchen DESIGN & PRODUCTION Warner Design Associates, Inc. PHOTOGRAPHERS Pablo Mason Rodney Nakamoro Gary Payne '86 ADV I SORY BOARD Arian E. Collins '87 Laura Hale '92 Thomas Scharf '72 (M.A. '73) Prof David Sullivan PRESIDENT Alice Bourke Hayes VICE PRESIDENT FOR UN IV ERS IT Y RELAT ION S John G. McNamara DIRECTOR OF ALUMN I USD Magazine is published quarterly by the University ofSan Diego for its alumni, parents and friends. Editorial offices: USD Magazine, Publications Office, University ofSan Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92 110-2492. Third-class postage paid at San Diego, CA 92110. USD phone num– ber (6 19) 260-4600; emergency security (619) 260-2222; disaster (619) 260-4534. Postmaster: Send address changes to USD Magazine, PublicationsOffice, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92 110-2492. RELATIONS John Trifiletti '78 University of San Diego

spiritual journey to Africa, where frustration competes with joy on an almost daily basis.

Renaissance Man

by john Titchen IO Provost Frank Lazarus speaks fluent Latin and studies ancient Greek architecture, but the future of academics is his true passion.

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Alcala Almanac 4 Women's basketball makes the NCAA tournament .. . Freshmen retention at record high ... Summer school and sports camp sign-ups ... Alumni volunteers wanted ... Shileys named

Queen of the Court 12 by Susan Herold

Crowned the nation's top amateur tennis player, USD's Zuzana Lesenarova enters her final season with her eye on a second championship and a pro career. But her firs t priority is a college degree.

Presidential Honorees ... OlafWieghorst exhibit opens ... Student studies more secure Internet.

Journey from Mecca 18 by Michael R. Haskins

Alumni_Gallery 23 Lou Marino '90 hopes to turn his adven– turer lifestyle into a thriving business ... Thomas Mcfeely '94 is immersed in his job as a marine mammal trainer.

In a California desert town where options seem limited, teenagers are finding chat college and careers aren't out of reach.

Calendar 31 Tax Strategies for Family Owned

Businesses ... Spring Dance Concert Senior Acting Performances ... "Adult Catholics Alive in the Church Today" ... Schedule of Commencement Ceremonies.

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